Let's be dorks and show pictures of our abode away from abode - either on the playa or away. Extra burner status points go to aesthetic use of camouflage netting, hexayurts of any design, and for the use of wood or canvas. Triple mega bonus points for pictures of hexayurts used away from Burning Man. Lastly, bonus friendly points for technical shots of infrastructure such as how shade structures are secured to the ground and such - even if it's someone else' picture pulled from the internet. '

To me, tent camping is the best when either at BRC or away. I know that wimpy little shade structure wouldn't last a minute in a white out, but I brought it to BM anyway last year. I used it as a clothes rack for free costumes we were giving away until somebody showed up to camp with a big canvas tent and forgot the poles. We just expanded the frame inside the tent and it worked fine.

And my tent that seems to withstand any amount of wind, I set it up at BRC for storage to get my little Toyota moho a bit less cluttered.

Here's our camp from last year (edit: our virgin year), just after the rain and the double rainbow. My girlfriend and I had a 12-15' conduit dome and built our shade structure using only a canvas tarp, three 2x4's, about 150' of rope, and about a dozen pieces of candy-caned rebar. We wanted to be comfortable and completely self-sufficient, but our requirement was that everything had to fit in my Impreza wagon without completely destroying the suspension on the 1000 mi drive.

Finally, inside our dome, which was our lounge, storage, dressing room, shower, love nest, and general home to shenanigans (except during peak hot hours -- we learned that it could benefit from better ventilation):

I've done RV, trailer, tent and hexiyurt. My favorite was our little Casita travel trailer. Nothing like getting clean and getting a good night's sleep for making the next day just as wonderful as the previous. Of course I did not need that when I was 25 but that was a while ago. Also, great for the early morning pee, just a few short steps to a clean toilet. That's what made it for my Ex.

Here are our Hexiyurts from 2009. We've used them three years now. They easily withstand the worse winds out there, they stay pretty dust free and didn't get cold at night or too hot during the day.